Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-09-07
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SUGGESTIONS TO THE SPECIAL SEES.
SION.

Would it not to wise for the Board o
Trade to call a special meeting and appoint
q committee to 60 over to Helena to lool
into and closely ~scrutinize the r]e-incorpor
alton act and other legislation affecting
Butte, now pending at the special session
These matters are OF the utmost import
ance, affecting the future progress of the
city. Many amendments have been made
to the measure which have been wired to
The MINER, but every section, line and
word in the bill should be examined and
well weighed in the light Of the objections
to the new act which was rejected by the
municipality when it came to be submitted
to q vote OF the people.
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Col. Hundley's bill providing for the pre-
servation OF order, or rather the proven.
ton OF disorderly conduct on race tracks,
met with the unanimous approval of the
members OF the Council who passed it
without a dissenting voice. This bill is
evidently inspired by certain unwarranted
proceedings at the recent meeting in Butte,
Deer Lodge and Helena, especially the lat
ter where there was no law to sustain the
association to secure a square deal.
Those who had horses or handled them are
amenable to the rules OF the association,
but outsiders could and did manipulate
certain races at their pleasure, and as a
rule, to their own profit. Ifsomething can
not be done to restrain this outside inter-
ference, the inevitable result will be that
our Territorial races will be failures.
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The Insane Asylum scheme seems to be
sleeping, doubtless being held in reserve for
rush on the last days of the special
session, when no time will be left for
thorough consideration. This should not
be so. The bill should carefully be consid.
cred in every detail. 1t is not a matter
that should have been taken up at all;
having been rejected at the regular
session. If it ia not to be left to the State,
then it ought at least to be dropped that
the question may be made an issue in the
campaign next fall when a new legislature
il to be elected. The constitution of the
committee to which the measure was re-
ferred discloses an evident purpose to push
it through at the special session; but we
have hopes that a spirit Of fairness and a
1;scoe;+ior To do irsfica- Ho tha Warm
Springs management b are in good faith
making $780, 600 worth OF improvements,
will animate the members to vote down
the proposed act.
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After all hat has been said in protest
against the gopher bounty bill. in the press
and in the executive message; in face of the
fact that the Territorial Treasury has been
depleted by the payment Of nearly $50, OOU
for these bounties, and that but q CON-
paratively small portion Of the Territory
could be benefited by it, there is an evil
dent purpose on the part OF the legislature
to only modify and not repeal it. Even
our able representative. Mr.. Mantle, has
very materially modified his views on the
measure; as he has made a declaration OF
his intention to assist in amending instead
OF repeating it. As he had resolved on the
latter course before he left for Helena, we
would like an explanation of his vote. We
feel sure that his plausibility of argument
and s~moothness OF speech may. in a meas
ure, serve him to satisfy his constituency
on the subject. 1t is an emergency worthy
OF one of his best efforts.